Proposed Interview Date: Thursday 04 June 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 31 May 2026
Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week
Location: Based at Fife House with blended workstyle
Purpose and Values of Education Directorate
The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.
Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
Ways in which you have modelled and promoted the GTCS Professional Values (social justice, trust, respect and integrity) and Professional Commitment in your current and previous roles.
(Consider the following: how you have ensured equity of opportunity for all; how you have developed relationships built on trust and respect that enable others to take responsibility; how your moral and ethical principles inform your practice and how your own professional learning underpins your development as a leader and the development of others.)
How you have used your knowledge, skills and understanding of leading strategic change to bring about improvement.
Your ability to build capacity, through inspiring and motivating others to be leaders of learning.
Partnership working which has led to a positive impact on outcomes for learners
(School, local, regional and national levels, if appropriate).
How you have used self-evaluation to inform decisions and improvements across a school community or the local authority.
(Consider the following: how have you promoted the professional learning of others through your strategic leadership, how have you ensured all stakeholders are involved in decision-making around school improvement priorities and how have you made best use of resources to support the development of the curriculum, pedagogy, people and teams.)
We are looking for a highly skilled leader who is passionate about improving life chances through a sustained commitment to leading change and improvement that ensures positive outcomes for children and young people. As an Education Manager in Fife, you will have lead responsibility for specified strategic remit and educational and learning functions within areas of Fife, as agreed with Heads of Service, and will provide key support with particular regard to quality assurance, quality improvement, service improvement, social inclusion and customer care.
The successful candidate will be required to:
Lead on a strategic area of responsibility, as a member of the Education Directorate Leadership Team. One post will initially focus on Early Years and Children’s Services Partnership, and the other post will initially focus on Secondary Attainment and Qualifications.
Have lead management responsibility for a group of secondary, primary schools, special schools and early years centres, with a particular focus on improving the quality of learning and teaching, attainment and achievement for all learners.
Qualifications, Registration and Skill Requirements
